PIX4621658: Nebula RCW38 in the constellation of sails seen in infrared by the VLT - Three - colour composite image of RCW38, obtained through three near - infrared filters. This is a region in the Milky Way at a distance of about 5,000 light years, where stars which have recently formed in clouds of gas and dust are still heavily obscured and cannot be observed in the visible part of the spectrum. Contrarily, as this image shows, they are very well seen at infrared wavelengths where the obscuration is substantially lower. The diffuse radiation is a mixture of starlight scattered by the dust and gas in the area, and atomic and molecular hydrogen line emission. RCW 38 is at a distance of ~ 1.7 kpc (~ 5500 light years) from us, near the famous Vela supernova remnant and the Gum nebul / Bridgeman Images
PIX4632280: La Terre vue par satellite - Flying over 700 km above the Earth onboard the Terra satellite, MODIS provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric features of the Earth. The land and coastal ocean portions of these images are based on surface observations collected from June through September 2001 and combined, or composited, every eight days to compensate for clouds that might block the sensor's view of the surface on any single day. Two different types of ocean data were used in these images: shallow water true color data, and global ocean color (or chlorophyll) data. Topographic shading is based on the GTOPO 30 elevation dataset compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center. MODIS observations of polar sea ice were combined with observations of Antarctica made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's AVHRR sensor - - the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer / Bridgeman Images
PIX4676444: Crater of volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai - Crater of volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai - Carbonatite volcanic cones (hornitos) in the crater of the volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active volcano located in Tanzania in the valley of the great rift. Spatter cones (hornitos) in the crater of volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai. This active volcano located in Tanzania in the great rift valley is the only known volcano producing carbonatite / Bridgeman Images
PIX4677032: Eruption of the volcano Semeru night view - Semeru volcano at night - Eruption of the volcano Semeru in June 2008 night view. This explosive active volcano is 3676 metres from the highest point of the island of Java in Indonesia. It's a stratovolcano located on the Pacific belt of fire. Volcanic eruption of Semeru seen at night in june 2008. This active volcano is located in Indonesia on the Pacific Ring of fire. With an elevation of 3676 meters, this stratovolcano is the tallest mountain on the island of Java / Bridgeman Images
PIX4635895: Most of the area of the southern Milky Way covered by this picture never sets for those of us who live at southern latitudes south on -30 degrees. The main constellations here are Centaurus, Crux and Carina, containing some of the most interesting, beautiful and bizzare astronomical objects, including the nearest stars. Alpha Centauri is at lower left and with its companion, beta points (more or less) to the Southern Cross, which in turn lies alongside the Coalsack, one of the nearest dust clouds. Further along the Milky Way is the astonishing Carina nebula, which is home to eta Carinae, probably the most massive star known, and a prime candidate for the next Galactic supernova. It is in Carina that the Sagittarius arm of our galaxy curves sharply away from us, so we see deep into a rich star-forming region.: The Lactee Way from Centaur to Carene - Souther Milky Way form Centaurus to Carina / Bridgeman Images
PIX4662477: Sarcosuchus & crocodiles compared - The Sarcosuchus or Sarcosuchus imperator was a reptile of the order of crocodilians that was between 11 and 14 metres long and weighed nearly 10 tonnes. He lived about 110 million years ago in the cretace. It was one of the biggest crocodiles that existed on Earth. It is here compared to a Crocodylus porosus, on the left, and a Gavialis gangeticus, on the right. An adult crocodyliform reptile of the genus Sarcosuchus from 110 million years ago is compared to a modern saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) on the left and a modern gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) on the right. The Sarcosuchus is about 40 feet long and weighs 10 tons* while the saltwater crocodile is 20 feet long and weighs 2 tons and the gharial is 20 feet long and weighs about 350 pounds The saltwater crocodile is currently the largest of all living reptiles, as well as the largest terrestrial and riparian predator in the world, while the gharial, aka fish-eating crocodile, is the long-living and most aquatic of all modern crocodiles. Both modern crocodiles have been extant in their current forms for about 50 million years, though sadly the gharial is critically endangered with less than 300 known living individuals today. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4662619: Caudipteryx and Peacock -Comparison - Caudipteryx and peacock compared - Caudipteryx compares a current peacock (Pavo cristatus). Caudipteryx is an extended genus of theropod dinosaur in the oviraptorosaur family. Maybe Caudipteryx was omnivorous. He lived 100 to 130 million years ago. It was two metres long, 60 centimetres high and a weight of 15 kilograms. An adult theropod dinosaur of the genus Caudipteryx from 125 million years ago is compared to a modern adult peacock (Pavo cristatus). Both the Caudipteryx and peacock are about 30 inches tall.* Values are estimates only based upon available paleontological data / Bridgeman Images
PIX4662738: Ouranosaurus - View of an Ouranosaurus nigeriensis, a dinosaur of the Order of Ornithisdogs who lived in Africa 110 million years ago in Cretace. Ouranosaurus nigeriensis was an unusual iguanodont that lived during the early Cretaceous about 110 million years ago in what is now Africa. Ouranosaurus measured about 7 meters long (24 ft) and weighed about 4 tons / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595382: Decollage Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 launch - Decollage of the Saturn V/Apollo 10 rocket, Kennedy Space Center. 18/05/1969. The Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle is launched from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida at 12:49 p.m., May 18, 1969. Aboard the spacecraft are astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; John W. Young, command module pilot; and Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot. The eight - day, lunar orbit mission will mark the first time the complete Apollo spacecraft has operated around the moon and the second manned flight for the Lunar Module (LM). Two Apollo 10 astronauts, Stafford and Cernan, are scheduled to descend to within eight nautical miles of the moon's surface in the LM. 18 May 1969 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595569: E. Aldrin en formation - E.Aldrin training with SWC experiment. 04/1969 - Edwin Aldrin during a training exercise. 22/04/1969. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, simulates deploying the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment on the surface of the moon during a training exercise in bldg 9 on April 22, 1969. The SWC is a component of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package (EASEP) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4595574: L'institut de France, College des quatre nations, 21 quai de Conti, Paris 6th arrondissement. Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-1661) left in his will in 1661 a legacy to build a college and academy for the education of children born in the four nations. In 1806, the Institut de France took possession of the former college. Architect Louis Le Vau (1612-1670), construction 1662-1688. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4595597: Pont Alexandre III seen from Paris 8th arrondissement. Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1845-1894) laid the first stone of the bridge in 1886, which was to be completed for the 1900 World Expo. One of the most beautiful bridges in Paris has a single-flight metal structure. Ingenieurs Jean Resal and Amedee Alby, architects Cassien Bernard and Gaston Cousin. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595623: Apollo 11: launch center - Apollo 11 launch room - Mission apollo 11: the launch room of the Kennedy space center before decolling. Engineers within the Launch Control Center's Firing Room # 1 monitor an overall test of the Apollo 11 space vehicle. The 363 foot high space vehicle is scheduled to roll out of the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 to Launch Pad A no earlier than May 31, 1969. Apollo 11, which will be piloted by astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., will be the first of several manned lunar landing planned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Armstrong and Aldrin will descend in a lunar module spacecraft to the moon's surfaces while Collins orbits overhead in a command module / Bridgeman Images